diff --git a/packages/phone-number-privacy/combiner/package.json b/packages/phone-number-privacy/combiner/package.json
index ab41a0a8f..90e792d14 100644
--- a/packages/phone-number-privacy/combiner/package.json
+++ b/packages/phone-number-privacy/combiner/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "test:debug": "node --inspect ../../../node_modules/.bin/jest --runInBand",
     "test:coverage": "yarn test --coverage",
     "test:integration": "jest --runInBand test/integration",
-    "test:e2e": "jest --runInBand test/end-to-end --verbose",
+    "test:e2e": "E2E_TESTING=true jest --runInBand test/end-to-end --verbose",
     "test:e2e:staging": "CONTEXT_NAME=staging yarn test:e2e",
     "test:e2e:alfajores": "CONTEXT_NAME=alfajores yarn test:e2e",
     "test:e2e:mainnet": "CONTEXT_NAME=mainnet yarn test:e2e"
diff --git a/packages/phone-number-privacy/combiner/src/config.ts b/packages/phone-number-privacy/combiner/src/config.ts
index 541dd0159..b3d794521 100644
--- a/packages/phone-number-privacy/combiner/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/phone-number-privacy/combiner/src/config.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import {
   FULL_NODE_TIMEOUT_IN_MS,
   RETRY_COUNT,
   RETRY_DELAY_IN_MS,
-  rootLogger,
   TestUtils,
   toBool,
 } from '@celo/phone-number-privacy-common'
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ const defaultMockDEK = ensureLeading0x(
 )
 
 if (DEV_MODE) {
-  rootLogger(defaultServiceName).debug('Running in dev mode')
   const devSignersString = JSON.stringify([
     {
       url: 'http://localhost:3001',
diff --git a/packages/phone-number-privacy/combiner/src/index.ts b/packages/phone-number-privacy/combiner/src/index.ts
index 564621857..1dbd26ec2 100644
--- a/packages/phone-number-privacy/combiner/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/phone-number-privacy/combiner/src/index.ts
@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@ async function start() {
   })
 }
 
-start().catch((err) => {
-  const logger = rootLogger(config.serviceName)
-  logger.error({ err }, 'Fatal error occured. Exiting')
-  process.exit(1)
-})
+if (!process.env.E2E_TESTING) {
+  start().catch((err) => {
+    const logger = rootLogger(config.serviceName)
+    logger.error({ err }, 'Fatal error occured. Exiting')
+    process.exit(1)
+  })
+}
 
 export * from './config'
 export * from './server'